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Physics of Glaciers (Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering & Social Studies) - Hardcover
This book explains the physical principles underlying the behaviour of glaciers and ice sheets and concludes with a chapter on the information about past climate and atmospheric composition obtainable from ice cores. The past 40 years have seen major advances in most aspects of the subject; the book concentrates on these. It is an updated and expanded version of the second edition, much of it dealing with developments since that edition went to press. Dr Paterson's introduction to glacier studies was with the British North Greenland Expedition in 1953-4. He emigrated to Canada in 1957 and between 1959 and 1980 studied glaciers in the Canadian Arctic and the Rocky Mountains, mainly under the auspices of the Canadian Government's Polar Continental Shelf Project. Since 1980 he has done consulting work and has also been a visiting scientist with the Geophysics Department at the University of Copenhagen (three times) and with the Australian Antarctic Division. He has also given a comprehensive lecture course at the Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology in Lanzhou, China.
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"It is a monumental legacy. It easily surpasses the first two editions, both in scope and in details."
Global and Planetary Change II
"This book by Paterson remains a seminal text in the field of glaciology. Now in its third edition this text persists as a benchmark book."
Quarternary Science Reviews, vol. 15, no. 4
"Like its previous editions, this book is destined to become a classic. It is readable and is a well-written addition to any geophysicist's book collection."
EOS
"This is an excellent text both for research and teaching purposes"
S. Carr, Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University
"It is a monumental legacy. It easily surpasses the first two editions, both in scope and in details."
Global and Planetary Change II
"This book by Paterson remains a seminal text in the field of glaciology. Now in its third edition this text persists as a benchmark book."
Quarternary Science Reviews, vol. 15, no. 4
"Like its previous editions, this book is destined to become a classic. It is readable and is a well-written addition to any geophysicist's book collection."
EOS
"This is an excellent text both for research and teaching purposes"
S. Carr, Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University
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- PublisherPergamon Pr
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0080240054
- ISBN 13 9780080240053
- BindingHardcover
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Ex library hardback with illustrated boards, no DJ; usual stamps/markings. 2nd edition published in 1981 by Pergamon Press, Oxford. Light wear to boards with some minor corner bumping and slight damage to head edge of spine cover otherwise a good, clean copy. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. BS-2D*. Seller Inventory # FBA-13412
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